The Chief Executive Officer of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan, Mr. John Kumah says Akufo- Addo is committed to ensuring that Ghanaians engage in more entrepreneurship initiatives. According to him, the New Patriotic Party is fulfilling its manifesto promise of promoting the growth of entrepreneurship opportunities for young Ghanaians through various programmes deployed by the Ministry of Business Development. ...

Cameroon President Paul Biya has insisted his country will be ready to host next year’s Africa Cup of Nations. Biya made the assurances to the president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Ahmad during a meeting in Yaounde on Tuesday. In turn Ahmad added Caf has no plans to take the tournament away from Cameroon. “President Biya has given ...

The number of subjects studied at the basic educational level in the country are to be reduced from the 2019-2020 academic year, the Ghana Education Service (GES), has said. Once the number of subjects is reduced, final-year junior high school (JHS) students who write the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) would be examined only in those subjects. The Chairman of ...

Eight-times winners Al Ahly of Egypt and Angola’s Primeiro Agosto nosed in front in their African Champions League semi-finals on Tuesday. Ahly beat Algeria’s Entente Setif in Cairo 2-0 whilst Primeiro scored late on at home to beat Esperance of Tunisia and take a 1-0 lead in the tie. Primeiro will make history if they win their semi-final. No Angolan ...

Former President John Mahama has revealed how he will improve the ‘Free SHS’ as currently being implemented by the Akufo-Addo government if wins power in the 2020 elections. According to him, though free education is a public good, “it must be implemented in a manner that is sustainable an does not compromise quality”. In this vein, he added, “a new ...

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has initiated a discussion with the management of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd for the possibility of promoting the sale of Ghanaian cocoa products on the Chinese market using the e-platform of Alibaba Group. Cocoa products When firmed up, the company will open its doors to the various range of Ghana cocoa chocolate such as ...

Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, says former President John Mahama’s proposal to review the free Senior High School policy lacks merit. According to the deputy minister in charge of Basic and Secondary Education, the pronouncements by Mr Mahama, who is seeking another opportunity to run for President, demonstrate a dearth of knowledge in the education sector. “In other ...

National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Cape Coast South, Kweku Rickets Hagan has described government’s Nation Builders Corps (NABCO) as ‘useless’. According to him, the policy is a welfare system which will only pay people for doing nothing. NABCO was launched on May 1, by President Akufo-Addo to address graduate unemployment in Ghana but opinions about the programme ...

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has launched a scathing attack on the Board Chair of the Audit Service, Prof. Edward Dua-Agyemang, describing him as a ‘trickster and a hatchet man’. The party believes the former Auditor General does not have the credibility to undertake any role assigned to him, and thus questioned why President Akufo-Addo appointed him. In an ...

MANCHESTER UNITED were linked with a summer move for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and the Lazio ace’s agent has now revealed why a switch did not materialise for the midfielder. Milinkovic-Savic has forged a reputation as one of Serie A’s top talents thanks to his performances under Simone Inzaghi at the Stadio Olimpico. And during the most recent transfer window he was ...